US /nɪˈɡeɪʃən/ UK /nɪˈɡeɪʃən/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    the act of denying or the contradiction of something

    His silence felt like a negation of everything we had agreed.

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Synonyms
1 noun · the act of denying or the... denialcontradictionrefutationdisavowalrejectionrepudiationnullification
Word family
Related forms negatenegativenegatorynegator

Etymology

From Latin negatio ('a denying'), from negare ('to deny, say no').

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